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Spiers on Sport: SPL is refreshing, even without Old Firm

There were quite a few Jeremiahs doing the rounds when the stricken Rangers were lost to the SPL over the summer – and I was among them.

The SPL will be greatly diminished, we said. It will severely lose its gloss. Assertions were quickly made about Scottish football’s top flight sliding towards a Norwegian or Irish model - in terms of quality and prestige - without the fallen Ibrox club.

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